Mikhail Malyshev
Mikhail Malyshev | |
|---|---|
Михаил Малышев | |
| Born | Mikhail Yuryevich Malyshev 31 October 1965 |
| Died | 19 December 2025 (aged 60) Perm, Russia |
| Other names | "The Perm Cannibal" |
| Convictions | Murder x2 Rape x2 False imprisonment x2 Cannibalism x2 Animal cruelty |
| Criminal penalty | 25 years imprisonment, with two years time served |
| Details | |
| Victims | 2–8 |
Span of crimes | 1997–1998 |
| Country | Russia |
| State | Perm |
Date apprehended | 1998 |
Mikhail Yuryevich Malyshev (Russian: Михаил Юрьевич Малышев; 31 October 1965 – 19 December 2025), known as the Perm Cannibal (Russian: Пермский людоед), was a Russian murderer, cannibal and possible serial killer who was convicted of murdering, dismembering and eating the remains of two acquaintances in the city of Perm between 1997 and 1998. He was also suspected of six similar murders for which he was never charged. Malyshev was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment but was released in 2022, and later lived in Perm.